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Category Archives: Presidential Politics
Election Night 2012, A Visual Record
I went to the DFL election party in St. Paul, Minn., not really as a working journalist, but just to take it all in and snap a few photos. I ended up shooting more than 400. I learned something important. … Continue reading
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My Call? It’s Obama
I mentioned this to my Facebook friends and Twitter followers, so I might as well be wrong in as many public venues as possible. Here’s my call for tonight’s electoral vote count: Obama 290, Romney 248. How does that work? … Continue reading
Posted in Presidential Politics, U.S. History
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Fox & Friends Launches ‘Biased Polling’ Psy-ops Campaign
You almost have to feel a little sorry for the trio of hosts on “Fox and Friends.” They’re just kinda too dumb to fully know what they are saying. Today they launched a weak little psy-ops campaign trying to get … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, News Media, Presidential Politics, Tea Party
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The Price of Inequality
An example of what Mr. Romney, and the media mouthpieces who have defended his May fundraiser “observations,” apparently do not understand about the non-income tax paying class that he considers moochers: “America’s economic divide has grown so large that it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Labor, Presidential Politics
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Fare Unbalanced
Jon Stewart last week noticed a few discrepancies in the way Fox News approached the RNC, versus the emphases it homed in on during the DNC. You know, like how Brit Hume loved the data-filled speech of Paul Ryan (somehow … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, News Media, Presidential Politics, Tea Party, Video
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‘A Calculated Bluff of Historic Dimensions’
I generally avoid Matt Taibbi’s snark-and-snarl brand of populist journalism, preferring a bit more reason and substance. But I have to say, he may have cracked the Romney code here, in a way that the rest of the press has … Continue reading
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On the American Taliban
I know the clip below from HBO’s “The Newsroom” is at least five minutes longer than any network would really permit a talking head to have to voice an opinion on the air. I know Jeff Daniels’ character–a Republican pundit … Continue reading
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Photo of the Day
This seems to be the only photo I snapped of Congressman Paul Ryan the day I met him with a group of Humphrey Policy Forum fellows on Feb. 3, 2005. I don’t remember very much of what he said, but … Continue reading
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Mann and Ornstein: It’s Even Worse Than It Looks
I attended a presentation Monday by Thomas Mann and Norm Ornstein, the authors of a crucial new book, “It’s Even Worse Than It Looks.” The book is a much-needed critical appraisal of the state of the U.S. Congress by two … Continue reading
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Positions, Schmozitions!
So, is the issue that so few Americans pay any attention at all to the news that a top presidential campaign adviser—in this case Eric Fehrnstrom for Mitt Romney—can feel comfortable speaking the unvarnished truth on TV? No matter how … Continue reading
Posted in Presidential Politics, Tea Party, U.S. History
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